University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Left: Amos Culbert doing a circus stunt with two oi the pack mules. Centerg A scene along the trail. Right: The Devi1's Punch Bowl. that we couldn't have eaten more if there had been any. Next morning we started down Evolution Valley to the south fork of the San Joaquin river. There a1'e more mosquitoes here than any other place on earth-at least the Muir club thinks so. With my feeble assistance Bill ltlurdoch managed to kill two hundred mos- quitoes in forty minutes, a record to envy. After a somewhat rainy day, the sun came out and, at six olclock, we pitched camp in a meadow near the San Joaquin river. That night we slept under clear summer skies. Such is the climate in the high Sierra. This afternoon is also to be re- membered by some of us because Coley maintained a slower pace tl1a11 usual and actually had to be pulled as well as pushed for several miles. Slow as Coleyu will soon be a universal expression. Fording the river the next morn- ing, we skirted the shores of Lake Florence and at noon again saw civilization. The Southern Cali- fornia Edison company has built an immense dam which forms the lake. At the dam we learned the baseball scores and that night we camped near a ranger station. The next morning will go down in history as an eventful day be- cause we all had baths at some hot springs nearby. These baths were really a pleasure, not a duty. Recovering from the shock of hot water by mid afternoon, we hiked up to the top of Kaiser ridge above Lake Huntington, and spent our last night on the trail. This last night was also the cold- est. The party arrived back at Lake Huntington at noon of our six- teenth day and the fourth annual Muir club excursion was brought to a successful close. Hiking fif- teen miles a day was our average and we covered one hundred sev- enty miles of trail. Now to think of our next year's trip.

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the few. solid blocks of stone in the world. Beside Tehipite dome, Crown Falls dash down into the valley. Opposite these falls on the other side of the valley are silvery streams that cascade through ra- vines of solid granite, almost straight up and down. Tehipite valley is only a wide place in the Kings river canyon, the middle fork of the Kings river flows through it. VVe hiked all afternoon between granite walls, and camped that night in beauti- ful Simpson meadows. During that day we saw three rattle snakes and killed two of them. These were the only snakes we saw all during the trip. YVe followed the Kings river up and over a trail blasted all the way over and through solid rock. As these rocks made treking difficult for every- body, we stayed a whole day near Grouse lNIeadows. The mountains we passed through were a series of ma jestic, rugged peaks. VVhile at Grouse lNIeadows some of the more industrious boys climb- ed a nearby peak to name it, only to find that the Sierra club had al- ready christened it ltlt. Shake- speare. The rest of us fished for Golden trout and had sev- enty-five of them baked for din- ner. The next high spot in our trip was when we climbed up to Pali- sade Glacier, the largest in the United States. VV'e left the bur- ros near the Kings river and dur- ing an afternoon hiked six miles to an elevation of twelve thousand feet. There were snow banks all around and only a few little trees of the white bark pine variety, which are the highest growing trees in the Sierra. We had taken a lit- tle food with us and each fellow had a poncho. Three big bonfires were built to last the night, and then we tried to sleep. Next morn- ing at four-thirty we started the real climb up to the glacier. The palisades are straight up one side and straight down the other. VVe managed to climb up a chimney and after three hours of scrambling over shale and boulders reached the top, at an altitude of fourteen thousand feet. We saw the glacier, took many pictures of it, and then slid down as best we could, to the bottom of the chimney. Un the eleventh day out we went up and over lNIuir Pass. Just be- fore reaching the top, we saw Helen Lake, the head waters of the Kings river. The top of lNIuir Pass is just over twelve thousand feet high. The ltluir club was the third party to go over this defile in the year 1926. We then started down and stopped rather early, the occasion being the preparation for the Fourth of July dinner, which was all that could be expected and more. VVe camped on the shore of Evo- lution Lake at the base of Darwin Peak. We found an abandoned fireless cooker, which caused Amos Culbert to suggest the bright idea, raisin pies. A drizzle of rain did its best to keep us from prepar- ing the Fourth of July banquet, but didn,t succeed. VVe made a large kettle of Jello and cooled it in a snow bank, and baked a chicken pie in the dutch oven we carried with us. Biscuits and jam with a choice of tea or punch or both com- pleted the menu. It was agreed 38

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Q-1:5 1 xl Q Q lj ll KJ '4 Q K .L ws 909 .R Om: L 9 vs ,R 4 va ur -41 15' AY -49' My Y Qx Y X x A W 5 Q STUDENT BODY NIGHT NV ith spirits undampened by the d1'iving rain, a record breaking crowd greeted the rising cur- tain at tl1e seventh semi-annual Student Body night given by this school, that took place on Friday evening, October 11. The show started off with everybody happy and never for one moment lost its tone throughout the whole per- formance. Students aroused by the noon dance a11d the enthusiasm of the day, mothers and fathers an- ticipating the well advertised pro- gram and little brothers and sis- ters thrilled with the brightly col- ored serpentine, all were in a re- ceptive mood to greet Eugene Charlesworth's Ambass a d o r s, the first number on the program. HNew ltlooni' and Could If executed by vVi211'1'Cll Andresen, piano, Jack and Wlalter Vance, saxaphonesg lNIonte Kelly, trum- pet, and Eugene C-harlesworth, drums, thrilled the audience as only good jazz can. A college boy appeal was fur- nished by the Senior Boys glee in a singing act with ia fraternity house setting. Following The DCS1JC1'2lflO,,, their first song, Bob Koll, George Horton, Bill Layne, and J ack Steinbaek introduced some 11ew steps in a clever bit of horse play. The Bells of Saint lNIarys and 6'All Hail Blue and Gold which b1'Ol1gllt University of California students to their feet, concluded the act. cc Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty took a great fall, And all the king's horses and all the king's men Couldnlt put Humpty together again. In a series of acrobatic stunts, dances and tableaus, the Junior Girls Athletic association, led by Florence Bianchi, told the sad story of Humpty inscribed above. A comedy in an English setting, entitled The Shutting of the Doori' was presented by the Blue- bird Theatre, an eighth grade insti- tution directed by Bliss Beatrice Burnett. The east included: Villa Beth Stiles, as ltfargaret Tindalg Charles Dondero, as J an Tindalg 40 i I fy U C, i